From the course: Creative Video Editing Techniques
Join today to access over 22,500 courses taught by industry experts or purchase this course individually.
Parallel editing - Premiere Pro Tutorial
From the course: Creative Video Editing Techniques
Parallel editing
- Parallel editing or cross-cutting is a film technique where two or more scenes are intercut. This allows alternating scenes which are usually in different locations or time periods to be juxtaposed. It lets the editor relate characters and storylines to one another and create comparisons and contrasts and even build tension. Parallel editing is considered a tenet of continuity editing because even though the scenes alternate, they each play out in a continuous manner. Certainly there can be some degree of spatial discontinuity, but most of the time the viewer understands the parallel relationship, which usually prevents too much disorientation. Let's take a look at various examples to see this play out. Now, the most classic example of parallel editing is the simple phone conversation in this scene from "Dog Day Afternoon," The characters Angie and Sonny are having an emotional exchange. - I'm scared. They're…
Download courses and learn on the go
Watch courses on your mobile device without an internet connection. Download courses using your iOS or Android LinkedIn Learning app.